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After a decades-long pursuit, researchers have confirmed the identity of the pore of the mechanotransduction channel in vertebrates’ inner ear hair cells.

Silicon Valley’s early-stage funding model could address a dearth of opportunities for young investigators just launching new projects.

The WHO reports more than 41,000 cases in the region in the first half of 2018.

Data from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft show frost on the lunar north and south poles.

A combination of public opposition, intense regulations, and rising costs in the EU make conditions in China and elsewhere attractive for studying monkeys.

Officials say the birds had eaten crops meant for experiments.

Scientists can foster new talent, find new funding options, and tap into business opportunities by forging relationships between researchers in emerging, developing and developed nations.

H. Gilbert Welch, a health policy expert who has advocated against superfluous cancer screening, published another Dartmouth researcher’s work, according to the university administration.

The founding editor-in-chief will redirect his focus to a Parkinson’s organization.

All students’ tuition will be funded through its endowment.

The genetically engineered probiotic, already in clinical trials, may ease patients’ strict dietary regimes.

Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived medicine for epilepsy, will prompt federal regulatory changes that could crack open access to study the plant.